Greek-American Despina Mirou, is an established actress, writer and Stand Up comedian. She began her dynamic career as a child actor in the Greek TV series “Akros Oikogeneiakon” .The following years she participated in 15 successfull T.V series (drama and comedy both).She received two writing awards when she was 13 years old.She speaks fluent English ,Greek,some Turkish,Italian. Accents:Italian American ,Russian American,East European,Ancient Greek,Spanish American.
Despina started her international career with Peter Bogdanovich”s film “The cats meow”.Her acting teacher was Al Pacino and took acting classes in New York Actors Studio.Her Stand-up show where she impersonated Lucille Ball,aired on HBO in NY.She played in HBO Tv series ‘Show me a Hero”, directed by Paul Haggis,in “Californication” for MTV,in LIFETIME drama film “A Mother ‘s Sacrifice”, in the drama film “Japanese Borsch”. In 2020 in the comedy film “The Light Touch” Mirou is nominee for best actress award ” in Maverick film festival.Same year was participated on NETFLIX comedy series ‘On My Block”,(The Series received the “Teens Choice Award”), in drama film “The American Connection”, starring the living legend Faye Dunaway,in the biographical film “Affairs on Capri”,and she played the role of iconic Elizabeth Taylor.
Since 2019-2020 Mirou is doing the MC, and she is opening the concerts of the legendary band “PINK FLOYD “, named “Beyond the Wall”.
In theater Despina has a classic theater repertoire including “Uncle Vanya”,”The Bear”,”The Proposal ” by Anton Chekhov, “The Odd Couple” by Neil Simon,Oresteia” by Aeschylus on Broadway.
Despina established a Stand-up career at various Comedy clubs in LA and NY.She won “Best Stand Up Comedy actress Award” in 2019 & “Audience favorite Comedy actress award” in 2020.Her faces impersonations include :Lucile Ball,Joan Crawford,Sofia Vergara,Ozzy,Penelope Cruz,Marilyn Monroe,Liz Taylor, e.t.c.
To book Despina: Ines de Vos, Talent Agent
jackjillcastagent@gmail.com
